C1Part IV Special educational needs
C2Chapter I Children F2in wales with special educational needs
Words in Pt. 4 Ch. 1 title inserted (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 9; S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505))
Pt. 4 Ch. 1 excluded (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 81, 139(6); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)
Special educational provision: general
320C2 Provision outside England and Wales for certain children.
1
A F1local authority may make such arrangements as they think fit to enable a child for whom they maintain a statement under section 324 to attend an institution outside England and Wales which specialises in providing for children with special needs.
2
In subsection (1) “children with special needs” means children who have particular needs which would be special educational needs if those children were in England and Wales.
3
Where a F1local authority make arrangements under this section in respect of a child, those arrangements may in particular include contributing to or paying—
a
fees charged by the institution,
b
expenses reasonably incurred in maintaining him while he is at the institution or travelling to or from it,
c
his travelling expenses, and
d
expenses reasonably incurred by any person accompanying him while he is travelling or staying at the institution.
4
This section is without prejudice to any other powers of a F1local authority.
Pt. 4 power to amend or repeal conferred (10.2.2012) by Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5), ss. 18, 26(3); S.I. 2012/320, art. 2(g)